The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-02

CAN OUGIVE ANY GOOD REAS-
ON FOR DECLINING : TO
TAKE A LIFE POLICY?

You canpnt say at is novel thing
Life Assurance has been practi"ed,
more or less. for ihr: G hundred years.
In tie last IA fcei1urv it has grown with
>ucI, rapidly in tie Cuited States, that
II is now one Of the greatest Interests III
he country, ranking with the most IN
portant raj road and banking iDtes ests.
Many millions of dollars are PAD hy
the British AmeIic III con pAnies every
wear to the families of deceased menb RS
or Life Assurance COMPANIES. IN no
other way has money ever been so sue
,essfully distributed among those VINO
are d., eudrnt and unable to earn money
for ttenise!ve and there is hardly
person WHO realS this but who knows or
families saved by the humane agency 1
Life Assurance ii ON distressing lis at
tendant upon poverty.
You cannot Say cit Is imnety 10 pros
pose to assure human lives"
hit were existence that Is proposed 10
be assured, IL wa q be im pieIy; but 1t is
possession. not existence.
Tou cann3. say, 1T ia chance
operation"
The Laws governing Life Assurance
rest U pom The r CIV b i~lS ot m iellidtlral
certainty. The facts Of astrOn'inH. even,
cannot he more surely aScertained ana
clearly t3en0n~trrted fhinthr principles
upon which Life Assurance is based.
You cannot SAY, at is enough that /
have wealthy friends AID relatives"
Would you think il just to have rela,
t:yes thrtwn on y0ul' hands for supper
l. il right then,-iS It Djauiy-to leave
your family where they may ut any ti5De
become blrde:: TO relatives or friends?
AID does not your every ppreutai feeling
rccnil from such a though
You cannJt say, Il must pay my
DEBT, first"
Thousands Of hard works. men ha.e
unw iSey SAID this 10 the neg'cc' OF Lie
| Assurance. PelhAps they struggled ana
, econon ised to pay for q arm, or home,
and laI il nca,Iy paid for; bat death
! took them if and that m0Tfg"ye rhlch
! hal to be foTect, .Sed, forced the property
! mon the mark Il aud sacrificed it. and
| so tie little all was lost? What pr'zt
IN si;ch IL cn8e acOMtd eUtm q small Life
! Policy haze been! Such examples ought
to be a warning to you. Because you
ara III debt You ought to be assured.
You cannot say, My income is slen'
! der anG can invest my small earnings
in someihing better"
It is easy To- tiud good investments for
small sums Of money, say for $40, 500
! !; 5 or 500? Are You sure OF prolonged
| ife 10 mike t''OSe invest meDts to amount
to much? But remember, by the pay
lnent ola single life Insurance premium
YOU make b generous L. N1Stult1it It once
You cannot sly, Il am too good II sub
ject to assure; my father lived to old age
and am sound and rugged
Your good health has a money U0itt
in il, which yea may use. il ytu see tit
| Upon it Won can construct, ct once for
tune l. it not wise to turn to accOun
this capital (your sound constitution). by
ta< lug insurance upon 1T, especial Y a
accidents and disease lie III Wait for al!
You cannot say, It implies diatrus
of Providence -
The objection might as we'll be urgeC
against Fire Insurance or putting light
min l-rods on buildings or, indeed, tax
ing any precautiOn to avert possible
evils. Providence was not intended t.
prelude self help.
You cannot say "The assured are ap
t. die soon
This is a foolish superstition. Tt i
capa BILE Of proof that Life Assurance
tends direc3 " to proJong lite, by reliev
iug it of anXieties- ana by promoting
the stability, economy, and good orde
OF society anu the family And statistics
| prove the same thing.
| You cannot say cit is expensive"
Do you ca. aging up money ''oxpen
sivt?"
You mightas well talk Of the ''oxpense'
of buying bank STOCK, or OF putting
aside your earnings in any safe place
as to SPEAK of the expense of Keeping vi
q life policy. 1t is accumulation, not ex
pense.
J.R. YOUNG,
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AuENT,
Henderson. n. &.
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